Down the stretch they come. With just more than a week remaining in the NBA regular season, the MVP race is heating up. The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant are the top three candidates.

Rashad Bishop's 3-pointer with 22 seconds to play -- the freshman forward's only basket of the game -- rallied Cincinnati to a 69-66 victory Saturday over No. 19 Villanova, which couldn't hold a lead in the final minute.

Rashad Bishop's three-pointer with 22 seconds to play the freshman forward's only basket of the game rallied Cincinnati to a 69-66 victory Saturday over No. 17 Villanova, which couldn't hold a lead in the final minute.